Today Hadley had Ethan and Finn over again. The day did not go as smooth as the one before. But it turned out fine. Hadley tried out kicking…and by that I mean she kicked her friends, got timeout and then got spanked when she tried it from timeout. She cried a lot, and said, “I don’t like to kick!” I really think she may not try it again, I made a pretty strong statement about kicking. Or I could be spitting in the face of fate and she will try again soon. Time will tell.

The afternoon was blissful. The girls slept from 1:00pm until 4:45pm. I also caught up on much needed sleep, and it was really nice.

On Thursday nights I have been doing a ladies bible study. I got back home and it was close to 10pm. Eric and I were sitting on the couch talking and all of a sudden Hadley’s door swung open and she came running out of her room and gave me a big hug. She said, “mommy’s home, I missed you so much!” I was baffled at the fact that she was awake, and because she missed me so much, I let her sit with us and cuddle for a while.

This was one of those rare moments that she actually wanted me and not Eric, so I savored it. We will see how much I savor the decision in the morning when she is still awake by 7am.